Test Bank For Living in the Environment 4th Canadian Edition by G. Miller
ISBN-10: 0176587187, ISBN-13: 9780176587185
| 1. Developing countries have an increase in premature deaths primarily because of malnutrition.
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| 2. Natural capital degradation is a by-product of economic development.
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| 3. An environmentally sustainable society will require most affluent consumers in developed countries to rethink and reduce their consumption of commercial products.
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| 4. When a country’s GDP decreases, the per capita GDP must also decrease.
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| 5. The per capita ecological footprint is the availability of productive land and usable water to support the population with no consideration for environmental impact.
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| 6. The “tragedy of the commons” refers to a lack of agricultural sustenance available for the common (poor) people in a country.
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| 7. Affluenza increases man’s ecological footprint and compromises environmental quality for people all over the world.
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| 8. As in a human body, the Earth’s capacity to repair itself is critical to its survival.
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| 9. Rapid population growth and poverty are reflective of developing countries and have little impact on pollution.
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| 10. When a non-renewable resource is completely exhausted, it is referred to as economically depleted.
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| 11. Overall, the air quality is poorer and drinking water more polluted today than in the 1970s.
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| 12. Decreasing population growth in developed countries will decrease resource consumption.
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| 13. Poverty, pollution, water shortages, and degradation of biodiversity are the major causes of most current environmental problems.
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| 14. Developed countries have a significant negative effect on the environment because of high levels of consumption per person and high technological impact per unit of consumption.
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| 15. An environmentally sustainable society must be based on policies that provide for economic growth and development.
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